Aquatics
Rake holding invasive Elodea

Gravel to Gravel: Combating Elodea to protect Alaska's salmon habitats

The BLM's Gravel to Gravel initiative helps slow the spread of Elodea, Alaska's first invasive aquatic plant, and protect salmon populations
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BLM Fisheries Biologist Cody McLean with one of the largest Brown trout fishes caught during the survey.

Taos Field Office conducts fish population survey in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument

In early June, BLM New Mexico Taos Field Office Lead Fisheries Biologist Sage Dunn and Fisheries Biologist Cody McLean successfully planned and completed a fish population survey on the Ute Mountain section of the Rio Grande River within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico.
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Four people wearing gloves and hardhats stand and kneel around a tree they are about to cut down.

Felling trees for fish habitat

Staff directionally felled encroaching conifers into a creek near Lander, Wyoming, to mimic natural log jams and provide structure to the stream channel. This will improve the habitat for fish, beaver and other wildlife.
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FERC Seminoe Pumped Storage Project site visit

FERC wraps up public scoping meetings and onsite tour for Seminoe Pumped Storage Project

FERC held public scoping meetings and an onsite tour for the Seminoe Pumped Storage Project on Sept. 24-25, 2024. The project, in collaboration with BLM, could power 317,860 homes annually, advancing Wyoming's clean energy goals.
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Personnel from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM, as well as an intern from Conservation Corps New Mexico, conduct a survey for Koster’s springsnail, the Roswell springsnail and Noel’s amphipod at the Rio Hondo Spring Run on the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Roswell, New Mexico on July 8.

BLM New Mexico, Fish and Wildlife Service team up for springsnail and amphipod surveys

Nearly a year ago, personnel from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and BLM New Mexico worked together to save endangered Koster’s springsnails when a creek at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge ran dry near the end of a hot summer.
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Malissa carries a backpack electrofisher

Meet Malissa Abraham, fisheries biologist intern at the Safford Field Office

Malissa's internship with the Bureau of Land Management has put her on a path toward her career goal of being a fisheries biologist serving public lands.
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